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UN-chartered food aid cargo ship readies to sail from Ukraine to Ethiopia

The United Nations-chartered ship Brave Commander will shortly set sail from Ukraine bound for Africa after it finishes loading more than 23,000 metric tonnes of wheat in the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, a UN official said. The ship, which arrived in the port near Odessa, will sail to Ethiopia via a grain corridor through the […]

Spain arrests suspected ISIS supporter in joint operation with Morocco’s DGST

Spanish authorities have arrested a suspected supporter of the terrorist group ISIS in Córdoba, southern Spain, in a counterterrorism operation carried out in coordination with Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). The suspect was identified through close intelligence-sharing between the Civil Guard and the DGST, with investigators citing his “intense activity” on social media […]

Africa at war: 28 of 59 armed conflicts worldwide in 2023 occurred on the continent

About half of the 59 armed conflicts worldwide in 2023 — the highest number since the end of World War II — occurred in Africa, according to a new study released by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO). Last year witnessed 59 conflicts around the globe, of which 28 armed conflicts took place in […]